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Showers will break away Friday with a brief lull in activity. On Sunday, pay attention to the weather as severe weather is possible.

THE FORECAST:

Today and Tonight: Clouds and showers may linger Friday morning followed by some returning sun and cooler highs in the low 70s. With northeasterly winds, expect overnight lows in the low 50s beneath partly cloudy skies.

Up Next: Drier conditions will last through Saturday morning and then a period of active, perhaps impactful weather will begin. A warm front lifting through the area from south to north will return showers and thunderstorms to the area as early as Saturday afternoon. When the associated cold front and upper level energy move into the area on Sunday, some of the thunderstorms are expected to be severe. The Storm Prediction Center is using bolder language than usual saying an outbreak of severe thunderstorms appears possible on Sunday. The day three outlooks places areas north of I-12 in an unusual 4/5 moderate risk with the remainder of the area in a 3/5 enhanced risk for severe weather. Everything from damaging wind gusts to hail to tornadoes will be possible. In this time of staying home with loved ones, now is a great opportunity to identify or review your severe weather plan. Find the lowest and most interior place in your home to use as a safe place if a warning is issued. Mobile Home residents should find a nearby brick and mortar home of a family member or friend as it is recommended you prioritize the near term weather threat over social distancing. CLICK HERE for some ideas. Quiet weather and below average temperatures will persist Monday through Wednesday.

The Mississippi River: At Baton Rouge, major flood stage continues with a level of 42.7 as of Thursday morning. It is projected to crest near 43 this weekend. The high water is primarily an issue for river traffic and river islands, although some inundation will continue for a few spots north and south of Baton Rouge that are not protected by levees. Unprotected low-lying areas will be flooded and agricultural operations will be impacted on the west side of the river. The grounds of the older part of Louisiana State University's campus become soggy. This includes the area around the Veterinary Medicine building, the Veterinary Medicine Annex, the stadium and ball fields. The city of Baton Rouge and the main LSU campus are protected by levees at this level. This comes after a year where the gauge at Baton Rouge spent a record smashing run of 212 consecutive days above flood stage between January and August. Peaking at 44.1 on March 19, 2019 the river set its 7th highest recorded crest at Baton Rouge. The level is also high in New Orleans and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway.

THE EXPLANATION:

Beyond morning showers, a lull in precipitation will come early Friday through early Saturday. Northerly winds will maintain cold air advection processes and keep below average temperatures in place through Saturday morning. A locations north of I-12 could even nip the upper 40s. An upper level low pressure system will advance out of the southwest U.S. on Saturday forcing a warm front to lift through the region. With warmer air surging northward, scattered showers and thunderstorms could develop late in the day. The deep upper level low pressure system will move over Texas by Sunday. As this occurs, it will begin to orient from northwest to southeast, this is called a negative tilt, and this is a reliable indicator for active weather. Rich low-level moisture will be drawn inland from the Gulf of Mexico in advance of a strengthening surface low that will move north of the local area dragging a cold front across the central Gulf Coast. Instability will work in tandem with a strong jet stream (winds aloft) to result in a very favorable environment for severe thunderstorms to develop. The combination is supportive of widespread damaging wind and strong, long-lived tornadoes. Timing is not yet clear, but will come into focus as we get closer. The front will clear to the east by Sunday night with cooler and drier conditions persisting into early next week. Please stay in touch.

--Josh

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Dr. Bret McNabb has been appointed as director of the Large Animal Clinic at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, effective April 1 for a five-year term.

An assistant professor of clinical livestock reproduction in the School of Veterinary Medicines Department of Population Health and Reproduction, McNabb has been service chief for the VMTHs Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service since 2013.

Well respected as a leader, McNabbs clinical acumen and dedication to patient care is widely acknowledged and he, along with his service colleagues, has contributed to rebuilding the VMTHs livestock herd health and reproduction caseload in recent years. He has offered expanded clinical services and is the attending veterinarian for multiple campus herds belonging to the undergraduate Department of Animal Science and two UC field stations.

We are thrilled to welcome McNabb as the leader of our Large Animal Clinic and a member of our dedicated hospital leadership team, said Dr. Jane Sykes, VMTH chief veterinary medical officer. He brings a wealth of experience in our hospital; a warm personality and positive outlook; a special ability to bring people together to create positive direction; and a dedication to supporting our students, clinicians, staff, clients, referring veterinarians and patients. His leadership will allow us to promote our cultural beliefs and maintain our reputation for excellence in teaching, clinical research and patient care.

McNabb is active in maintaining a public presence for the VMTH, providing veterinary services for many animal events throughout California, including the California State Fair and the Professional Bull Riders Tours annual event in Sacramento. McNabb has also contributed materially to the design process for the new Livestock and Field Service Center, as part of the future Veterinary Medical Center at UC Davis.

I am excited for the opportunity to serve the Large Animal Clinic, and strengthen our equine and livestock services, McNabb said. Working collaboratively with our faculty, I plan to continue our legacy of clinical excellence and fulfill the mission of the School of Veterinary Medicine.

As director of the Large Animal Clinic in conjunction with Sykes and the VMTH leadership team McNabb will be responsible for the professional, academic, and ethical affairs; financial health; personnel welfare; and operational efficiency of the Large Animal Clinic. He will be responsible for promoting a culture of clinical excellence; equity, diversity, and inclusion for all; and ensuring a supportive clinical learning environment for students, house officers, and other trainees.

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This weekend a tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. But its a leap to worry if your household feline can get or transmit the coronavirus, says Karen Terio, chief of the Zoological Pathology Program at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, which assisted in diagnosing the tiger.

A tiger is not a domestic cat, they are a completely different species of cats, she says. To date we have no evidence of the virus being transmitted from a pet to their owners. Its much, much more likely that an owner could potentially transmit it to their pet.

Even then, the risk of a pet contracting the virus is low. Globally, only two dogs and two cats have tested positive for the virus, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

The first publicly recorded instance of a pet diagnosed with COVID-19 happened in Hong Kong in late February, and Hong Kongs Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department along with veterinary experts at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) concluded it to be a case of human-to-animal transmission. The pet dog belonged to someone who had the virus, and authorities at the Hong Kong Agriculture Department and OIE believe the dog contracted the virus from its owner.

Over 1 million human cases at this point worldwide and weve only seen four domestic animals test positive so far worldwide, so the risk is very minimal [for COVID-19] to get to pets, says William Sander, assistant professor of preventive medicine and public health, also at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.

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At the moment, Sander says, it appears theres little-to-no risk of pets transmitting the virus to their human owners, with no specific evidence suggesting this type of transmission has ever happened. Thats why in the U.S. were really not pushing hard to test pets at all, he says. In the U.S., there hasnt been a single case of a pet diagnosed with the virus, at least according to the countrys Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

There is no reason to think that animals, including pets, in the United States might be a source of infection with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a spokesperson for the AVMA wrote in an emailed statement to TIME. COVID-19 appears to be primarily transmitted by contact with an infected persons bodily secretions, such as saliva or mucus droplets in a cough or sneeze.

Terio, however, emphasizes that there is still much that is unknown. If your pet, for example, did contract the virus, it is not clear whether your animal would show signs of infection the way a human would. The tiger at the Bronx Zoo did show signs of respiratory distress, Terio says, but theres a lot that we dont know about how different animals are going to respond to a viral infection.

We dont know if an animal could be an asymptomatic carrier, or if theyd experience a mild or severe form of the disease, Terio adds. This is the tip of, you know, just trying to figure out whats going on, she says. Unfortunately there are way more questions than answers at this time, and thats toughI think this whole thing is unsettling for everybody, and its hard when we dont have good answers for people.

Out of caution, the CDC and AVMA recommend that sick humans stay away from their animal companions. Just like youre keeping your distance from other people, try to have somebody else in your house take care of your pet, just to be overly cautious, Sander says. If you are sick or showing symptoms and you have to take care of your pet, the CDC recommends avoiding snuggles or touching your pet, and washing your hands thoroughly before and after feeding.

Sander and Terio note that scientists still dont fully understand how viruses like the one that causes COVID-19 might or might not move between humans and domestic animals.

Several preliminary studies, which have not been peer reviewed yet, have been shared on public access websites in the last week, Sander says, suggesting that some groups of domestic animals can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 in laboratory settings. Similarly, during the 2003 outbreak of SARS-CoV, also caused by a coronavirus in the same family as SARS-CoV-2, researchers determined that cats and ferrets could be infected with the virusbut that was in a lab setting. Those studies determined that there was little cause for concern that transmissioneither to humans or to other animalscould happen in a natural environment, Sander says.

To understand SARS-CoV-2, we base some of our educated guesses on the previous SARS-CoV that came out in 2003, Sander says. As of now, researchers believe SARS-CoV-2, like the previous SARS, is not likely to transmit from pets to humans.

The AVMA also cautions against over-interpreting the results described in more recent studies, some of which may report on data from a very small number of animals or provide only preliminary results.

Though studies have shown that the virus can live on a variety of surfaces for several hours or days, both Sander and the AVMA say it is unlikely the virus can live on an animals fur, though Terio notes that there isnt enough research to say that with 100% certainty.

According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, SARS-CoV-2 can live on plastics for 72 hours, on stainless steel for 48 hours, on cardboard for 24 hours and on copper for 4 hours.

Obviously, pet fur was not one of the [surfaces] they tested, Terio says. There are a number of variables involved, but you have the presume that [the virus] could potentially survive for a period of timeof potentially a day or so on the surface. Again, we dont know the answer.

In its emailed statement, the AVMA spokesperson writes that while the virus can be transmitted by touching a contaminated surface or object and then touching your nose, mouth or eyes, this appears to be a secondary route. In addition, smooth, non-porous surfaces such as countertops and doorknobs transmit viruses better than porous materials; because your pets hair is porous and also fibrous, it is very unlikely that you would contract COVID-19 by petting or playing with your pet. However, its always a good idea to practice good hygiene around animals, including washing your hands before and after interacting with them.

Though there remain a lot of unknowns, the experts TIME spoke with agree that it is unlikely that a pet can be infected with the virus or that a pet can transmit the virus to humans. But if you are sick, take extra precautions around your animals, because there is a small chance they could catch the virus from you.

In this time of social isolation, pets are actually a great comfort for the mental health side of things too, Sander says. If you arent showing any clinical signs of anything, take advantage of having that mental support.

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As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common question is, can infectious diseases be connected to environmental change? Yes, indicates a study published today from the University of California, Davis One Health Institute.

Exploitation of wildlife by humans through hunting, trade, habitat degradation and urbanization facilitates close contact between wildlife and humans, which increases the risk of virus spillover, found a study published April 8 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Many of these same activities also drive wildlife population declines and the risk of extinction.

The study provides new evidence for assessing spillover risk in animal species and highlights how the processes that create wildlife population declines also enable the transmission of animal viruses to humans.

Spillover of viruses from animals is a direct result of our actions involving wildlife and their habitat, said lead author Christine Kreuder Johnson, project director of USAID PREDICT and director of the EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics at the One Health Institute, a program of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The consequence is theyre sharing their viruses with us. These actions simultaneously threaten species survival and increase the risk of spillover. In an unfortunate convergence of many factors, this brings about the kind of mess were in now.

For the study, the scientists assembled a large dataset of the 142 known viruses that spill over from animals to humans and the species that have been implicated as potential hosts. Using the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, they examined patterns in those species abundance, extinction risks and underlying causes for species declines.

The data show clear trends in spillover risk that highlight how people have interacted with animals throughout history. Among the findings:

We need to be really attentive to how we interact with wildlife and the activities that bring humans and wildlife together, Johnson said. We obviously dont want pandemics of this scale. We need to find ways to co-exist safely with wildlife, as they have no shortages of viruses to give us.

Study co-authors include Peta Hitchens of the University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic and Hospital, and Pranav Pandit, Julie Rushmore, Tierra Smiley Evans, Cristin Weekley Young and Megan Doyle of the UC Davis One Health Institutes EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics.

The study was supported by funding through the USAID Emerging Pandemic Threat PREDICT program and the National Institutes of Health.

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COLLEGE STATION In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions on public activity, many people are looking for ways to safely go about their daily lives indoors and online. Luckily, telemedicine supports this goal, and allows individuals to ensure their health and the health of their pets digitally.

Dr. Lori Teller, a clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, speaks to pet owners about the basics of veterinary telemedicine and how this tool can be especially useful in the midst of a pandemic.

Telemedicine is the exchange of medical information from one location to another using electronic communications to diagnose, treat or improve a patients health status, Teller said. In most cases, all that an animal owner needs to connect is a smartphone with a working camera, microphone and chat feature.

A computer or tablet may also be used, provided that it is capable of two-way communication and has internet access. In many cases, a telemedicine appointment will be a real-time, live video and audio exchange.

A veterinarian can evaluate many things via telemedicine, Teller said. The first thing will be to obtain a patients history and determine what the current problem is. If the problem is something that can be visualized, such as a skin lesion or limping, then pictures or videos will be helpful. Behavioral and nutritional problems can often be handled via telemedicine as well.

Telemedicine appointments are most effective when there is an established veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR), as the veterinarian may be able to more accurately make a diagnosis and create a treatment plan. If there is no established VCPR, a veterinarian will still be able to provide general advice.

Rules on what the outcome of a telemedicine appointment can be, including the prescription of medications, vary by state.

It is important to note that telemedicine does not replace a physical exam, so there will be times when the veterinarian will tell the client that the patient needs to be seen, Teller said. Telemedicine can play a huge role, especially in times of disaster, such as a pandemic or hurricane, in helping a client determine if a trip to the veterinarian is needed and, if so, when is it needed.

If a pet has a life-threatening emergency, difficulty breathing, pale or bluish gums, has ingested a toxic substance or something large enough to cause an obstruction, is unable to urinate or to stand, has increased seizures, is non-responsive, is experiencing difficulty during labor, has vomiting and diarrhea and lethargy, or is experiencing other serious veterinary conditions, they should be brought to a veterinary clinic.

Teller recommends calling ahead of time to let the clinic know youre coming and what the problem appears to be.

Telemedicine is an extremely valuable tool to help provide care for a patient, she said. It is not a substitute for in-person veterinary care that requires a physical exam or diagnostic tests, such as blood work or imaging, but is a way to manage patients in-between visits to the hospital.

During times of disruption, such as the current pandemic, telemedicine can be an excellent way to ensure that your furry friend continues to get the care they need while also following social distancing requirements and staying safely indoors.

Telemedicine is especially valuable during a pandemic because it can be used to help the veterinarian and the client determine if and when the patient needs to be seen in the hospital or if the problem can be managed at home, at least for the short term, Teller said. It also helps conserve PPE (personal protective equipment) and other resources for emergencies and for human health care facilities.

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How can we help?

That simple question has spurred a flurry of activity among students, faculty, staff and university administrators who have looked for ways to assist health-care workers in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether its repurposing university-owned equipment to decontaminate N95 masks, mixing hand sanitizer in chemistry labs for use by hospitals, collecting supplies of personal protective equipment -- of which there is a critical national shortage -- or babysitting health-care workers children, professionals in higher education and the students they serve have found all kinds of ways to help.

We go into this field wanting to help others in one way or another, said Brianna Engelson, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Minnesota. Engelson and other medical students founded MN COVIDSitters, a group that matches students with health-care professionals in the Twin Cities metropolitan area needing childcare, pet-sitting or general errand running. Engelson said more than 300 student volunteers are helping more than 200 health-care providers and their families. They're still seeking more volunteers to help more than 100 other families who have signed up for assistance.

Its tough to be on the sidelines watching your mentors and the people who have been such a critical part of your education giving so much while youre sitting back at home feeling a little helpless, said Engelson, who will be starting a residency program in psychiatry at the university in June. I know I certainly did. Being so close to graduation, Im so close to being there with them, yet here I am at home doing nothing. Thats part of it -- wanting to be involved, but also really wanting to support our mentors.

Students and higher education professionals have found all manner of ways to get involved.

Peter Tonge, the chair of the chemistry department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, helped coordinate an effort to mix hand sanitizer after he received a message from the dean of Stony Brook's College of Arts and Sciences, a chemist, about a shortage at the university hospital. Tonge said the chemistry department used the World Health Organization's formulation for hand sanitizer, which is made up of hydrogen peroxide, glycerol and either ethanol or Isopropyl alcohol -- all raw materials that faculty members had in their labs.

I created a Google spreadsheet and sent it to faculty. In a couple of hours, they filled in a spreadsheet with the location and amount of each of these reagents, Tonge said. We got a cart, myself and two other people went through building collecting all the reagents, took it down to our general chemistry lab, and a postdoctoral associate and a research scientist mixed up the reagents. By 5 p.m. the same day hed received the email, he said theyd made 17 gallons.

That basically exhausted all of our supplies in the building, so we placed an order for another 80 gallons of ethanol, and today we made another 80 gallons of hand sanitizer, Tonge said Friday.

In a similar effort, the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at Oregon State University manufactured a fluid needed to transport COVID-19 test swabs in a sterile environment with the materials the lab had on hand. The fluid, known as viral transport medium, protects the virus's genetic material until the swab can be tested. Justin Sanders, an assistant professor at Oregon State's Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, said the lab's scientist initially made three liters of the solution, enough for 1,000 tests, after learning of a shortage from an infectious disease doctor at the Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services. Sanders said the veterinary college has fielded requests for the solution from other hospitals after their efforts were publicized.

Universities, including Oregon State, have also been collecting supplies of personal protective equipment -- including masks, gloves and gowns -- from university labs to donate to hospitals. Oregon State collected 10 pallets of PPE, including an estimated 200,000 pairs of gloves and approximately 8,000 face masks, to donate to county emergency management centers.

We focused on laboratories, kitchen areas, custodial -- anybody that had personal protective equipment, said Mike Bamberger, the emergency preparedness manager at Oregon State University. We collected it up and put in a pile. Then on the main campuses we had people go around and collect it and palletize it and take it over to the local county for distribution.

San Jacinto College, a community college in Texas, also organized a PPE donation drive, collecting supplies from its various health-science programs.

We work with all of our sister agencies, Harris County Emergency Management, Harris County Public Health -- we reached out to them and asked what we could do to help, and they gave us their high-need items, said Ali Shah, the colleges emergency manager. Shah said the college has also collected specimen bags needed by local hospitals and transferred two ventilators owned by its respiratory therapy program to a local hospital. San Jacinto has also partnered with other Houston-area colleges to use 3-D printers to manufacture a component of protective face shields for health-care workers.

Faculty members and students at multiple universities -- including but not limited to Duke University, in North Carolina; Rowan University, in New Jersey; SUNY Stony Brook; and the Universities of Montevallo, in Alabama; and South Carolina -- have mobilized to manufacture masks or face shields using 3-D printers.

Some universities, such as Duke and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, are using different technologies to decontaminate N95 masks, which are in scarce supply.

Michigan State University has repurposed a spiral oven in its Food Processing and Innovation Center -- which is typically used by food companies to test new recipes -- to decontaminate masks using heat. Michigan State has partnered with a local hospital provider, Sparrow Health System, on the effort.

We think this can have a significant impact for our health-care providers in the Lansing region, said Jeffrey W. Dwyer, the director of MSU Extension and senior associate dean of outreach and engagement for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. We will simultaneously be able to work with others around the state and even the country to share our protocol with them and work with them to adapt it.

A group of scientific professionals, engineers and clinicians has organized a volunteer consortium, N95DECON, to review and publish scientific information on mask decontamination strategies.

We came together and did what scientists do best -- read available literature, synthesize information, evaluate data and debate vigorously. Our goal is to better equip hospitals and health-care personnel in these challenging times with concise, organized, data-backed information on this important issue, said Hana El-Samad, an organizer of the consortium and the Kuo Family Endowed Professor and vice chair of the department of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco.

El-Samad emphasized that decontamination is a substitute for what would be the best solution -- an increased supply of PPE. But she said the need for decontamination among health-care providers is great.

It is true that many institutions and medical centers are taking a courageous lead in setting up methods and protocols for decontamination, El-Samad said. "But there are over 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. alone, plus many other settings with professional users of N95 masks in the U.S. and abroad. Only a handful have adopted any decontamination strategies to date, but a growing number are realizing it might be a decision they need to make in the near future.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. The College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University has made accommodations to continue providing the best service possible in animal care and diagnostic services during this time of need.

The colleges recent actions are in line with recommendations from the American Veterinary Medical Association, the World Organization for Animal Health and the World Veterinary Association, who have collectively identified veterinary services as essential. In Kansas, most private veterinary practices remain open with new precautionary protocols to protect clients and professional staff.

Veterinarians serve the public in a variety of capacities beyond animal care, including disease prevention, public health, food inspection and food safety, research on infectious and zoonotic diseases, translational medicine and much more, said Bonnie Rush, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Despite COVID-19, we continue to provide services that are deemed essential for our community and the state. We have worked through staffing and personal safety guidelines to protect workers and limit interruption of essential services.

The Veterinary Health Center remains open to provide care for urgent and emergency patients of all species. It has also taken measures to protect the safety of hospital staff and the community by making scheduling adjustments. These adjustments include a drop-off concierge protocol and a new discharge protocol, just to name a few. The full protocol is posted at vet.k-state.edu/vhc/covid-19.html.

We are making every effort to maintain around-the-clock services for veterinary patients in need, said Elizabeth Davis, interim center director. Concurrently, as essential members of our community, we are working to keep students, staff and faculty healthy and safe. The Veterinary Health Center is committed to provision of high-quality, specialized veterinary services and exceptional training for professional students and specialists in training.

Another College of Veterinary Medicine service, the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, is providing an added sense of security during a time of uncertainty and unpredictability.

The lab is maintaining regular operating hours, but with staggered shifts for staff, said Jamie Henningson, director of the laboratory. Our services support essential industries and individuals, inside and outside of Kansas, who must continue to operate during this challenging time, which include, but are not limited to, veterinarians, livestock producers, pet owners, rabies testing and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network to detect foreign animal disease or to respond to an outbreak.

For more information and updates, visit the College of Veterinary Medicine website at vet.k-state.edu.

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NORTH GRAFTON, Mass.(April 6, 2020)In the latest in a series of efforts by Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University to help keep the people and animals in its local communities healthy and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, the schools dean joined forces Thursday with Graftons state representative to deliver a supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to UMass Memorial Medical Center. Throughout the crisis, the school has donated critical medical supplies to human healthcare facilities, continued to provide emergency and essential veterinary care for its patients, and pursued research projects to help better understand and potentially contribute to treatments for COVID-19.

The schools latest donation of PPE, part of a broader effort by the university to support its local communities and hospitals during the pandemic, was hand-delivered by Alastair Cribb, dean of Cummings School, and state Rep. David K. Muradian, Jr., of Grafton, in an effort to help medical center personnel who are on the front lines of the crisis. This donation was among many the school has made since mid-March, including:

I continue to be amazed by the support from our community during this pandemic, said Michael Gustafson, president, UMass Memorial Medical Center. Donations of PPE like those from Cummings School are helping us to keep our caregivers and our patients safe.

And, in an effort to increase food security for the members of its local community, Cummings School Farm is donating 30 dozen eggs per week, which are being provided to the Grafton Food Pantry and other local food pantries.

The donations Cummings School has made and its many contributions to the health and wellness of the people and animals of our communities will have a significant impact for all of us in the Greater Worcester area, said Rep. Muradian.

Continued services

In an effort to conserve this valuable PPE and to minimize risk of COVID-19 spread, Foster Hospital for Small Animals, Tufts VETS and the Hospital for Large Animals have remained open for emergency and emergent patient cases only, with new protocols to limit person-to-person contact.

As veterinarians, we have a societal responsibility to care for animals in order to uphold the human-animal bond and the mental health of animal owners in a time of great stress, while preserving supplies sorely needed in the human health care system, said Dean Cribb.

Ensuring the integrity of food supply and the livelihood of farmers is also essential for public health and economic viability. Tufts Veterinary Field Service in Woodstock, CT, continues to treat large animal emergencies and perform herd health visits to dairy farms.

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Veterinarians contributions to public health go beyond the vital care of animalsthey play a critical role in the development of new therapies and vaccines. They also are crucial to infectious-disease surveillance, especially around pathogens that originate in nature and spread from wildlife to humans, as is suspected with COVID-19. Cummings School researchers are currently involved in multiple research projects related to the study of COVID-19, including readying Tufts New England Regional Biosafety Laboratory for critical studies around the virus, both by Tufts University researchers and other researchers in the community.

For more information about Cummings Schools COVID response and guidance on bringing animals to our facilities for treatment during this pandemic, please visit: https://vet.tufts.edu/latest-updates-from-cummings-school-and-tufts-university/. And, to learn more about how Tufts University as a whole is contributing to COVID-19 efforts, please visit: https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/.

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About Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

Founded in 1978 in North Grafton, Mass., Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University is internationally esteemed for academic programs that impact society and the practice of veterinary medicine; seven teaching hospitals and clinics that combined log more than 100,000 animal cases each year; and groundbreaking research that benefits animal, human, and environmental health.

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ASHLAND Area veterinary clinics remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic, but only for essential services, which is according to guidelines issued by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Local veterinarians continue to see some patients, but they are seeing only about half the numbers.

At Ashland Animal Clinic, Dr. Chris Pinkston said hes following the AVMA guidelines and those suggested by the Kentucky Veterinarian Association, which are very similar.

We have stopped routine procedures but are still seeing animals with ailments and illnesses, Pinkston said. An example of ailment or illness is urinary tract infection. They are usually not life threatening, but still an illness enough we can treat easily.

Diane Broughton, office manager at Bellefonte Animal Clinic in Flatwoods, said they have canceled elective surgeries like spaying and neutering and are not seeing animals for wellness visits or vaccinations on those who have had vaccinations previously. The office will see animals that have never been vaccinated, like puppies or adults that have never had shots. Also being seen are those who are sick or have other medical conditions.

Were kind of limited to as to what we can do, Broughton said. The state veterinary office gave us instruction defining what essential services are for us.

No clients are allowed in the building, but curbside service is online.

We will call and triage over the phone, she said. A staff member will go and get the animal and talk on the phone if we need to talk to the owner, and then take the animal back out to the car.

All About Animals Veterinary follows the issued guidelines as well. Jay Nance, office manager, said they are taking emergency cases only, which includes rabies.

Nance said they are seeing about half the number of animals as usual, because they arent boarding, offering day care or providing spaying or neutering, but business remains steady.

Dr. Ursula Nance said if there is a problem with an animal, the owner should first call the office.

(The office) can tell you if you can do something at home or if we need to see the animal, she said. Ive seen too many cases where, if left too long, it can make the animal worse and make treatment more expensive.

Dr. Pinkston said his clinic also has seen about half the normal business, which is about 20 patients a day.

Broughton said things are constantly changing at Bellefonte Animal Clinic.

Weve had dead periods and weve had periods where we have had several people calling, she said. Weve scaled back hours of operation and number of staff members here because we dont have the volume (of cases) we have had. Its how it is in veterinary medicine in general. Weve seen people every day. Theres always a little bit of need and people can pick up medication refills.

Meanwhile, Broughton said owners should put off a veterinary visit for 30 days if the animal is doing well. That means routine blood work as well as spaying and neutering.

We can offer suggestions over the phone for minor things, she said. We have the ability to do telemedicine. Were not set up for that now, but that could be something that could evolve into.

Dr. Pinkston agreed.

It never hurts to call, he said. We encourage our owners to call us and theres many times we can give good advice. Sometimes we can prescribe things over the phone. He said the clinic doesnt use telemedicine but it likely will branch into it.

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Scientists at various labs are looking at animal susceptibility, both in terms of pets and with an eye to what animals could be used in laboratory studies. The same preliminary, unreviewed study that found cats susceptible in the laboratory also found that the virus reproduces poorly in dogs, pigs, chickens and ducks.

Among animals that may be used in laboratory tests, the novel coronavirus infects genetically engineered mice as well as some monkeys. Chimpanzee sanctuaries in the United States have stopped tours and reduced staff members interactions with their animals in case apes may be vulnerable, too.

Ferrets are yet another potential laboratory animal. A report accepted for publication in Cell Host & Microbe documents that ferrets both become infected and pass the virus on to one another, showing some symptoms similar to those of humans, such as a fever, lethargy and coughing. All the animals recovered, however.

Jae Jung, a microbiologist at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, was one of the authors on that paper. He said that mice are likely to be on the front lines of testing, particularly for new drugs or vaccines. Established drugs or vaccines that are similar to previous ones used in humans may go straight to human trials.

In genetically engineered mice, the virus appears in all cells, and the symptoms of the mice are not similar to those of humans. Monkeys, Dr. Jung said, are close to humans, but they can be used only in small numbers. Ferrets are particularly useful, because, like monkeys, they do not need to be genetically engineered, but they are easier to raise in a lab than monkeys and the structure of their breathing system is similar in some ways to that of humans. They become infected in the lungs, as humans do.

Ferrets have been used in influenza research and in research on SARS, partly because they cough and, Dr. Jung found, can pass the virus to one another. They may be useful to study how the virus is transmitted.

Dr. Jung said the ferrets showed a fever and lethargy and occasionally coughing. Around Day 10 or 12 of infection, he said, they all recovered.

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AUBURN, Ala. With recent cases of animals being found to have the COVID-19 disease, people have a lot of questions about coronavirus and their household pets.

In a news release from the university on Monday, Dr. Ellen Behrend, the acting director of Auburn Universitys Veterinary Teaching Hospitals and the Joezy Griffin Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicines Department of Clinical Sciences, broke down recent news about pets infected with COVID-19 and offered best practices for keeping pets and peopl healthy during the pandemic.

Can pets become infected with COVID-19?

Three pets outside of the U.S. have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 and all lived with humans that also tested positive, Behrend said. Of the three positive cases of suspected human-to-animal transmission, the two dogs never showed any symptoms of COVID-19 and never became sick. The third, and most recent positive COVID-19 result in a pet, is a cat in Belgium that developed gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms about one week after the owner began showing symptoms of COVID-19. It is not known if the virus found in any of these animals was alive or dead, or if the cat coincidentally tested positive for the coronavirus while sick with another problem that caused the symptoms.

Over the weekend, a tiger at New Yorks Bronx Zoo tested positive as well. It is also not clear if animals are able to transmit the virus, or if they are merely carriers. Behrend said they do know that positive tests are neither concerning nor surprising based on previous infectious disease behavior in humans and animals. More research is needed before reliable determinations can be made about human-to-animal and animal-to-human COVID-19 transmission, she said.

Most importantly, she said it is yet another reason to prioritize basic infection control measures, like washing hands after interaction with pets and physically distancing yourself as you would a person you are living with.

How should I care for my pet if I become infected with COVID-19?

If you test positive for COVID-19, let your doctor know that you have pets in your home. Behrend said. Contact with animals should be restricted while you are sick with COVID-19, just like you would distance yourself from other people.

When possible, another member of your household should care for the pets and you should avoid unnecessary contact with your pets. If you have tested positive and are the only person available to care for your pet or service animal, Berhend said you should take care to wash your hands before and after caring for the animal and, if possible, wear a face mask while interacting until you are medically cleared to return to your normal activities.

What do I do if I become infected and my pet gets sick?

If your pet begins to show some symptoms of COVID-19, contact your veterinarian for advice. If you become infected and your pet gets sick also, Behrend says keep the animal in the house, isolate the pet from people and other animals and practice good hygiene when interacting with your pet limit touching, dont snuggle, dont put your face near your pets face, wash your hands afterwards, etc. Be careful with your pets, Behrend said practice some distancing and extra hygiene until you are both healthy, but do not abandon them.

Can animal vaccines protect me against COVID-19?

According to Behrend, the short answer is no. There are coronavirus vaccines made for animals, but they do not protect against the specific type of coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

What are best practices for keeping my pets healthy?

Use the same distancing practices for your pets as you use for yourself, Behrend said. Limit contact with people, especially people with fever or respiratory symptoms. Dont take pets into crowded areas and maintain a distance from others when walking your dog. If a place is safe for you, it should be safe for your pets.

Where can I find information about COVID-19 and my pets?

Behrend suggests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website atwww.cdc.govand the American Veterinary Medical Association website atwww.avma.org for accurate, up-to-date pet-related information about COVID-19.

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Workers in the United States from health care to transportation continue to provide critical services during the pandemic, from delivering packages to driving across the country to distribute supplies to local businesses preparing for emergencies. The NBC News Social Newsgathering team interviewed essential workers in America about their roles and how they're filling an essential need and meeting demand as cases of the coronavirus increase across the U.S.

Ben Hertle has been working as a delivery driver for the United Parcel Service in Maple Grove, Minnesota, for the past decade and is doing so now as packages are needed during this critical time.

Im watching person after person after person lose their job, and I have a job and Im grateful for that, but at the same time, theres so much pain around me that Im seeing as a driver, Hertle told NBC News.

Hertle, 34, lost his job delivering groceries during the U.S. financial crisis in 2008 and carries a feeling of gratitude for his current position.

He remembers applying for a seasonal job opening on the UPS website in 2010 and then becoming a full-time delivery driver.

I feel that Im bringing something thats more than just a box. Its bringing healing and hope, he said from his delivery truck.

Hertle said he and his colleagues maintain limited contact to comply with social distancing guidelines, and he is using hand sanitizer and washing his hands as much as he can.

Im carrying medical supplies, Im carrying very important critical medicine to people, and thats the difference for me, he said.

An essential need is also being filled by over the road truck drivers like Douglas Mcconnaughhay in Arkansas.

My uncle was a truck driver, and ever since I was a tot and I sat up on his truck, it was just something about it, it just got in my blood, Mcconnaughhay told NBC News.

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Mcconnaughhay, 54, has been a truck driver for about 25 years and drives across the country delivering a variety of supplies like paper for cardboard boxes and recycling to farmers supplies and lawnmowers.

He drives 70 hours a week Monday through Frida in a Peterbilt truck and only has about 34 hours to spend with his family in Cabot.

He said one of his biggest challenges is finding a place to buy food while on the road with many restaurants and eateries closed during the pandemic.

He also worries about the fear of exposing his family to the virus when he returns home each week.

My main issue is I cant bring the virus back home to my wife because of her health issues. I just want to be able to be safe and make sure that my home stays healthy and safe, Mcconnaughhay said.

To the truck driver, just stay strong and keep on keep on. Theres some that have it a lot worse than me, he said.

Matt Kinley is the interim fire chief for the Seminole County Fire Department in Florida, where hes served for 19 years.

Kinley wants to ensure that his staff stay safe and healthy while collectively working to stop the spread of the virus. We dont want to be in the same position where everybody is sick overwhelming the system, he said.

Kinley said he and his colleagues are spending long hours managing and guiding paramedics and firefighters and command staff on preparation and ensuring that theyre protected in the process.

He said his fire department acts as an all-hazards fire department helping anyone from a sick patient to responding to a radioactive spill.

So much extends to our families," Kinley said. "Were all just blessed that were out here providing a community service, trying to keep the rock stable at home."

The chief has split up command staff into two separate buildings, a public safety building and a training center and identified primary and backup people.

At home, Kinley said his wife is taking care of their two children, 4 and 7, and home-schooling them while taking care of her parents and in-laws.

I couldnt do what I do without them, he said.

Dr. Alastair Cribb is a veterinarian and dean of a Massachusetts veterinary school and is ensuring that animal patients continue to get treatment during this pandemic.

Its very important that veterinary medicine is still available for people that need to care for their animals while keeping everyone as safe as possible, Cribb told NBC News.

For precautionary measures, Cribb said that his clinics are not allowing owners of animals to enter with their pets but instead to allow their staff to pick them up outside.

He said that the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine loaned out ventilators and donated personal protective equipment to support Tufts Medical Center in Boston to fill a scarcity of resources for health care workers. He said that other U.S. veterinary hospitals have done the same.

We have other ventilators that we could use short term with our patients, Cribb said.

Rima Abdelkader is a senior reporter for Social Newsgathering at NBC News in New York.

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In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated restrictions on public activity, many people are looking for ways to safely go about their daily lives indoors and online. Luckily, telemedicine supports this goal, and allows individuals to ensure their health and the health of their pets digitally.

Dr. Lori Teller, a clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, speaks to pet owners about the basics of veterinary telemedicine and how this tool can be especially useful in the midst of a pandemic.

Telemedicine is the exchange of medical information from one location to another using electronic communications to diagnose, treat or improve a patients health status, Teller said. In most cases, all that an animal owner needs to connect is a smartphone with a working camera, microphone and chat feature.

A computer or tablet may also be used, provided that it is capable of two-way communication and has internet access. In many cases, a telemedicine appointment will be a real-time, live video and audio exchange.

A veterinarian can evaluate many things via telemedicine, Teller said. The first thing will be to obtain a patients history and determine what the current problem is. If the problem is something that can be visualized, such as a skin lesion or limping, then pictures or videos will be helpful. Behavioral and nutritional problems can often be handled via telemedicine as well.

Telemedicine appointments are most effective when there is an established veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR), as the veterinarian may be able to more accurately make a diagnosis and create a treatment plan. If there is no established VCPR, a veterinarian will still be able to provide general advice.

Rules on what the outcome of a telemedicine appointment can be, including the prescription of medications, vary by state.

It is important to note that telemedicine does not replace a physical exam, so there will be times when the veterinarian will tell the client that the patient needs to be seen, Teller said. Telemedicine can play a huge role, especially in times of disaster, such as a pandemic or hurricane, in helping a client determine if a trip to the veterinarian is needed and, if so, when is it needed.

If a pet has a life-threatening emergency, difficulty breathing, pale or bluish gums, has ingested a toxic substance or something large enough to cause an obstruction, is unable to urinate or to stand, has increased seizures, is non-responsive, is experiencing difficulty during labor, has vomiting and diarrhea and lethargy, or is experiencing other serious veterinary conditions, they should be brought to a veterinary clinic.

Teller recommends calling ahead of time to let the clinic know youre coming and what the problem appears to be.

Telemedicine is an extremely valuable tool to help provide care for a patient, she said. It is not a substitute for in-person veterinary care that requires a physical exam or diagnostic tests, such as blood work or imaging, but is a way to manage patients in-between visits to the hospital.

During times of disruption, such as the current pandemic, telemedicine can be an excellent way to ensure that your furry friend continues to get the care they need while also following social distancing requirements and staying safely indoors.

Telemedicine is especially valuable during a pandemic because it can be used to help the veterinarian and the client determine if and when the patient needs to be seen in the hospital or if the problem can be managed at home, at least for the short term, Teller said. It also helps conserve PPE (personal protective equipment) and other resources for emergencies and for human health care facilities.

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Look for a warm start to the week as highs approach 90 by Wednesday. A cold front will move into the region by the end of the week.

THE FORECAST:

Today and Tonight: Look for some high clouds to thicken over a mostly sunny sky to start the new week. Southerly winds will take hold over the area, increasing the potential for spotty to isolated showers to develop by the evening. The influx of warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will guide afternoon high temperatures into the mid 80s. Overnight brings the best shot at a shower, though coverage will be low. Thermometers will stop in the upper 60s.

Up Next: Continued onshore flow will aid the development of spotty showers on Tuesday as well. High temperatures will continue to increase through the 80s and approach the 90s on Wednesday. A frontal system will then move into the region on Thursday and Friday. This willbring the potential for showers and thunderstorms, and some cells could be strong. Thermometers will take a turn for the cooler behind that system, and unlike the past couple of frontal passages, this cool air mass will have some staying power.

The Mississippi River: At Baton Rouge, major flood stage continues with a level of 42 as of Monday morning. Around April 11, the river is projected to crest near 43. The high water is primarily an issue for river traffic and river islands, although some inundation will continue for a few spots north and south of Baton Rouge that are not protected by levees. Unprotected low-lying areas will be flooded and agricultural operations will be impacted on the west side of the river. The grounds of the older part of Louisiana State University's campus become soggy. This includes the area around the Veterinary Medicine building, the Veterinary Medicine Annex, the stadium and ball fields. The city of Baton Rouge and the main LSU campus are protected by levees at this level. This comes after a year where the gauge at Baton Rouge spent a record smashing run of 212 consecutive days above flood stage between January and August. Peaking at 44.1 on March 19, 2019 the river set its 7th highest recorded crest at Baton Rouge. The level is also high in New Orleans and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened the Bonnet Carre Spillway. From May to July 2019, the Spillway was open for a record 79 consecutive days during its second opening of the year. If the Spillway is opened in 2020, it will mark the fourth time in five years and the 15th time since being built in 1931.

THE EXPLANATION:

A ridge of high pressure over the Gulf of Mexico will maintain above average temperatures through the middle of the week. While, mainly dry conditions are anticipated, advancing Gulf moisture amidst onshore winds will allow isolated showers to develop. The chances may be enhanced somewhat by some weak upper level impulses riding over the ridge with the best, albeit low, chance for isolated showers overnight Monday and through Tuesday. Wednesday will be the warmest day of the week with high temperatures approaching 90 degrees. Then, a frontal system will move into the region late Thursday. With several days of warmth and moisture priming the atmosphere, showers and thunderstorms should readily develop. This period will need to be monitored for some stronger activity. The first front will knock temperatures down a bit, as it crawls into the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to stall close enough to the region that clouds and isolated showers will stick around into the weekend. A second front will then move in during the middle of the weekend. While confidence is low at this time, the current forecast is for this front to flush out the lingering clouds and showers and provide a prolonged period of cooler and drier than average conditions into early next week.

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Food animal veterinarians (FAVs) are vital for the health and well-being of our nations food supply, but the profession faces challenges that are not well understood, which ultimately impacts the workforces ability to recruit and retain professionals.

FAVs are key to providing the world with a safe and secure food supply, says Dr. Christine Navarre, DVM, MS, DACVIM, of Louisiana State University. They work directly with producers to ensure the health and welfare of food producing animals as well as working in food safety and other public health areas.

Navarre recently chaired a task force addressing the issue in a new paper published by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). She, along with other veterinary scientists and experts, focused on two themes affecting the profession: economic and social factors.

The authors describe economic challenges as changes in the agricultural industry that affect supply and demand. The latter are often informed by available databases, for example, the American Veterinary Medical Associations membership database, which represents 82 percent of U.S. veterinarians. However, it is difficult to determine how many individuals in the database work with food-producing animals due to missing or outdated self-reported information.

Other inconsistencies also cause issues in workforce studies that are often used to inform the amount of FAV professionals in the workforce and how many are needed. A lack of detailed employment data, differences in methodology and an ever-changing animal agricultural landscape make predicting how many FAVs are needed difficult," Navarre says.

Social factors also influence students and professional veterinarians choices for where and what they practice. Among the top social challenges include the students income-to-debt ratio, which is considerably high for FAVs. Many veterinarians also cite the lack of support in rural agricultural communities among the barriers that curb them from this type of work. For example, veterinarians with spouses tend to search for communities that are capable of providing a career for their significant other.

While there are challenges to building a strong FAV workforce, the CAST papers authors outline strategies that may increase recruitment and retention for the profession.

Despite the difficulties, FAVs and the producers they serve are innovative and adaptable, and will find ways to keep providing for the health and welfare of food animals and producing safe and affordable food, Navarre says.

The paper, Impact of Recruitment and Retention of Food Animal Veterinarians on the U.S. Food Supply, is available to download for free on the CAST website. A free webinar will take place at noon CST on April 7. More information about the webinar can be found here: https://conta.cc/3bljbxl.

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Dr. Emily Thomas may be gone from The Incredible Dr. Pol, but shes not forgotten.

The hardworking veterinarian showed what she was made of on the reality show, putting in long hours even while far along in one of her pregnancies.

If youre wondering how many kids the Georgia native has, heres what we know.

It was hard to see Dr. Emily leave the Nat Geo Wild program. She had been a fan favorite since 2015, repositioning cows stomachs, palpating them, removing grubs from nasty infections it was all in a days work for Dr. Emily.

After she left The Incredible Dr. Pol, she was replaced by two new veterinarians, Dr. Ray Harp and Dr. Lisa Jones.

A big fan of Dr. Pols, Dr. Harp as a young man watched the reality show and was inspired to become an animal doctor seeing the tireless Dr. Pol working his rounds on various farms and at his practice.

In 2010, the 37-year-old Dr. Harp was managing a day care for dogs in Philadelphia and made the decision to return to school to become a vet technician.

It was while he was working at an animal clinic in Kansas City that he began to get the itch to become a veterinarian and gave serious thought to medical school. Encouraged by his wife, he enrolled at Kansas City University and earned his doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 2019.

He and his family ended up in Michigan, although he admits hes more of a fan of sunnier climates.

Its really beautiful, he said of Michigan. Im just worried that its going to be really snowy soon.

Dr. Emily, while she was working at Dr. Pols clinic, had her husband, Tony, working alongside her in the clinic, helping out all the veterinarians, guests, and their clients.

Currently, at the practice Dr. Emily is now working with in Virginia, her husband is working with her there as well.

Tony, writing on Dr. Emilys personal blog, said of their move, . . . when it was time to leave Michigan, we had an idea of what we wanted.

Virginia became an obvious place for us. Within Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley was appealing. The Shenandoah National Park is basically in our front yard, and there is a nice river for canoeing and kayaking.

Dr. Emily and Tony have three children: India born in 2013, Oscar born in 2015, and Calvin born in 2018.

Based on her blog, its safe to say that part of the reason so many viewers were drawn to her was for her sometimes shocking honesty. But its nothing any other mother hasnt thought at least once.

She said recently on Twitter, ALL night I was unable to sleep despite meds just imagining all of my children dying from the #Covid_19. Then, groggy early morning, I hear that all three kids are downstairs. My very first thought Ugh! I guess I better get up and go take care of those monsters.

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A new therapy could combat persistent joint infections in horses, potentially saving them from years of pain, based on Morris Animal Foundation-funded research at North Carolina State University.

The North Carolina State researchers developed a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) lysate that, when teamed with antibiotics, can eradicate bacterial biofilms common in joint infections, the Morris Animal Foundation said in an announcement. The therapy could also be applied to other species, including humans and dogs.

The team published their findings in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research.

"This could really provide a more effective way of clearing a joint infection quickly so that the horse does not suffer long-term consequences of joint damage," said Dr. Lauren Schnabel, associate professor of equine orthopedic surgery at North Carolina State University, a primary investigator of the study. "For any horse's well-being, it's important to make them as comfortable as possible, as quickly as possible to avoid laminitis and other complications."

Horses are more prone to joint infections than other animals due to their predominantly outdoor, active lifestyles coupled with a lack of tissue protection over the joints of their lower limbs, the announcement explained. Any wound near a joint, regardless of its size, requires immediate veterinary attention. Left untreated, they can be life-threatening.

Current joint infection treatment usually involves surgical flushing of the joint and giving antibiotics. Despite aggressive care, about 6-10% of horses die as a result of the infection or associated complications. For horses that survive, more than 50% will suffer from chronic arthritis for the rest of their lives, the foundation said.

A common complication that impedes successful treatment is the tendency for some bacteria to form biofilms in the joint. A biofilm is a sticky, slimy shield that forms around bacteria in synovial fluid. They become so large that immune cells can't attack them properly. Biofilms also render the bacteria metabolically inactive, which makes them more resistant to antibiotics.

To create their PRP lysate, the research team took blood from the small herd of horses at the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine and isolated the platelets, which are known to aid in healing. Then, the researchers packed 50 times the number of platelets that would be found in an equal amount of blood into their product. For comparison, typical PRP, for orthopedic and sports medicine purposes, is created by concentrating platelets usually up to three times what is found in a comparable amount of blood, the announcement said.

The team felt that this super-concentrated product would be better at stopping infections than conventional PRP.

The team lysed the platelets to release antimicrobial peptides -- proteins that attack bacteria. The researchers separated out the antimicrobial peptides, and then, after testing those against common bacteria, all the horses' peptides were pooled together for one lysate product. The team collected synovial fluid from the horses' knees with harmless taps. The fluid was seeded with bacteria in the laboratory and allowed to grow biofilms. Finally, researchers tested three methods to attack the biofilms: antibiotics alone, lysate alone and a combination of antibiotics and lysate.

According to the Morris Animal Foundation, the researchers found that antibiotics alone were completely ineffective, and the lysate alone significantly decreased the bacterial load. However, the antibiotic and lysate combination completely eradicated the biofilms and bacteria.

Schnabel said her team has used this experimental therapy on horses with great results. Because the process to create the lysate is both complicated and expensive, her team is trying to find a way to produce it more efficiently. They also are trying to identify the exact peptides responsible for the antibacterial properties, so they can be synthesized and production scaled up to reach the greatest number of horses, the foundation said.

"This is really a critical piece of evidence to show this is a therapy with enormous potential to make traditional antimicrobials more effective," said Dr. Janet Patterson-Kane, Morris Animal Foundation chief scientific officer. "Clearing bacteria more quickly and effectively from infected joints is a much-needed piece of the solution for this complex disease."

If successful, this approach also has translational potential to help other species, including people. For example, biofilm formation and infection are a significant problem for people with metal implants, such as those used in joint replacement surgeries. Dr. Jessica Gilbertie, first author on this publication and former Morris Animal Foundation fellowship trainee under the mentorship of Schnabel, is working on making PRP lysate from other species, including dogs, because they also can suffer from biofilm formations related to surgical procedures.

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Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, March 30

After the supply of fodder for cattle has been normalised, dairy owners in city are now waiting for medicines for the treatment of sick cattle and are concerned as medicines are not available.

Since curfew has been imposed, veterinary medicine shops are closed and there is no service available to deliver medicine at dairy complexes, said the dairy owners on Tajpur Road.

Earlier, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu met fodder suppliers of Baranala and requested them to ensure the supply of fodder for cattle in the district. Now, dairy owners want from the concerned authorities to allow delivery of veterinary medicines at doorsteps.

The president of Tajpur Road Dairy Complex Association, DS Oberoi, said: The supply of dry fodder for cattle has been resumed. We want that medicines and feed for the cattle should also be delivered at dairy complexes. There are some veterinary medicine shops at Tajpur Road, but are closed owing to the curfew. The government should either open veterinary medicine shops or provide the shop owners with curfew passes to start delivery of required medicines at dairy complexes. If the required feed is not available, production of milk may also get affected.

Though dry fodder is being made available but the suppliers say they are unable to weigh the fodder as the stores where weighing scales are available, are closed. We request the authorities to resolve our issues so that supply of milk can be ensured, said a dairy owner.

Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said: After we met some farmers, they have started the supply of fodder to dairy complexes. We will take the required measures so that the delivery of veterinary medicines can also be ensured at the earliest.

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